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by moron4hire 2484 days ago
It seems likely that the ad network could detect the change in ID if the expiration happens in the middle of a browsing session. Which, considering user habits, they are probably online at the same time every day, or have habits that cycle weekly.

Also, considering we largely do the same things every week and every day, I suspect a single day to give you at least 50% of a user's identifying data, and a week to give you at least 80%. That leaves a whole week of pretty accurate tracking.

I think you've made a pretty wild claim that 14 days isn't enough time to build a useful profile. Regardless, even if the usefulness of the data over two weeks is questionable, it's still illegal to share the data in this way. You wouldn't be too happy if someone broke into your house and "only" stole a single fork.